More Records Fall for UMBC on Second Day of ECAC/IC4A Championships

PRINCETON, N.J. – Sophomore Thor
Serafenas (Olney, Md./Good Counsel/Clemson) broke his own
school record in the hammer throw and the women's 4x400 relay team
of sophomore Paulette Fogle (Washington, D.C./Bishop McNamara),
junior Deborah Adelola (Lanham, Md./Bladensburg),
sophomore Kalane' Abbey (Laurel, Md./Laurel) and
junior Kirsten Jones (Brentwood, Tenn./M.L.K.
Magnet) snapped their mark as the Retriever track and field teams
competed on day two of the ECAC and IC4A Championships, Saturday at
Weaver Stadium. Jones also set a new school-best while
competing in the 400m dash event.

Having already claimed the school record in the hammer at the
Big Dawg Invitational, Serafenas bettered his mark on Saturday with
a toss of 57.26m (187'10"). The sophomore took seventh
in the competition while also finishing 22nd in the discus.

The 4x400 relay team, meanwhile, broke their record for the
second-straight week after setting their mark (3:45.97) last week
at the America East Championships. Running in a
different order – last week was Abbey, Adelola, Jones, and
Fogle – the team clipped the school mark to 3:44.73 in a
ninth-place finish.

Jones' anchor leg completed a record-setting day for her after
the junior ran a personal-best time of 55.63 in the 400m
dash. Her time breaks a 26-year old record time of 56.00
which was set byAngela Adams in 1987.

Though not breaking her school record, sophomore Mercedes Jackson (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown)
advanced to the finals of the 100m dash after placing in the
top-two in the preliminary round and
semi-finals. Jackson, who holds the school-record time
of 11.57, ran a 11.78 in the prelims for the second-fastest time,
and then topped the field with a 11.70 mark in the semis.

On the men's side, the 4x100m relay team of junior Pat Balderson,
Jenove Blanfort, and seniors Trae
Proctor (Brandywine, Md./Thomas Stone) and Dennison
Long (Greenbelt, Md./Eleanor Roosevelt/FIU) started the
day off by qualifying for the finals by finishing seventh with a
time of 41.61.

Junior Jake
Albino (Hampton, N.Y./Minisink Valley) also moved on to
Sunday's finals with his tenth-place finish in the 1,500m
run. Albino, who broke the school record last week at
the conference meet, crossed the line in 3:49.78, just two seconds
behind race winner Kevin Greene of New Hampshire (3:47.40).

The meet continues on Sunday morning with the men's shot put
starting the competition at 9:00 a.m. The track events
are scheduled to begin at 12:00 p.m. with the women's 4x100
relay.